lull
I
noun
abatement, armistice, break, breather, breathing spell, breathing time, brief silence, calm, calmness, cessation, cessation of activity, cessation of sound, desistance, discontinuance, discontinuation, halt, hush, idleness, inactivity, interlude, intermission, interregnum, interruption, pause, peace, period of rest, quiescence, quiescency, quiet, recess, remission, repose, respite, rest, silence, soundlessness, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, stoppage, subsidence, suspension, temporary quiet, temporary stillness, tranquillity, truce
II
verb
allay, alleviate, assuage, calm, cause to relax, compose, cradle, dulcify, ease, encourage repose, hush, induce forgetfulness, make calm, mitigate, pacify, palliate, placate, put to rest, put to sleep, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, relax, remit, remove one's anxieties, remove one's fears, rock, sedare, settle, silence, soothe, still, stupefy, subdue, tranquilize
III
index
allay, alleviate, cessation (interlude), cloture, halt, hiatus, holiday, interruption, interval, lapse (break), mollification, mollify, moratorium, pause, peace, pendency, recess, remission, respite (interval of rest), soothe, subside
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006